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  1. Dufresne85

    Intro

    INTRO 
    I wanted to see what doing an actual time for money side hustle would be like and recently did an Upwork job. Unsurprisingly, It stressed me the F*ck out, because I already have a job, family and projects going on. So its def a no go unless I make a system to automate this side hustle. And that...
  2. Dufresne85

    Dufresne85 Digital Products Accountability/Progress thread

    EXECUTION 
    May 1st, 2024 - update - Revenue: -$15 + More visitors due to mentions in newsletters (for free) + Nice increase in avg. visit time. + Marketing system live and automated + More positive feedback and request for integration of a third party vendor (for free) Directory&Marketing is good...
  3. Dufresne85

    How We Achieved 4th Place on Product Hunt!

    MARKETING 
    Just being curious here, why not ask 1 dollar for access to the app and see if people are at least willing to pay?
  4. Dufresne85

    Dufresne85 Digital Products Accountability/Progress thread

    EXECUTION 
    April 1st, 2024 - Update - Revenue: 0 + More content added + More functionality added Time to copy paste a content distribution automation that pushes content to social websites on an interval. Initial response from audience is positive - but that's to be expected. Its not the first of its...
  5. Dufresne85

    What book are you reading? Right now. Post up!

    NOTABLE! HOT! BOOKS CHAT 
    The Boron Letters. Over 40 years old, non-fiction and great for anyone in business, especially marketing. Great insights in this book, free to read online - easy to find if you google it. Its about a real legendary copywriter who is in prison and is teaching his youngest son how to do direct...
  6. Dufresne85

    Dufresne85 Digital Products Accountability/Progress thread

    EXECUTION 
    Put live a crappy mvp/beta. This will be a seo/email powered website. It can beat/take market share from the biggest player by offering a better search experience and faster load time. Expecting to invest max 32 hours per month (each sat or sun) to add content, for max 3 months and then...
  7. Dufresne85

    Dufresne85 Digital Products Accountability/Progress thread

    EXECUTION 
    This might be an option to consider indeed! Perhaps selling the software might be a good subscription model to try. The curated directory website is coming along nicely. Back-end process is nearly finished, then its time for a basic but useful front-end. I've found some competitors and see...
  8. Dufresne85

    Dufresne85 Digital Products Accountability/Progress thread

    EXECUTION 
    Hi, I am going Fastlane with lots of time constraints due to having a family with 2 kids and a doing full time job to provide for them. My background story is here: INTRO - Intro Due to time constraints, I can only focus on building projects that can eventually run automatically. Projects...
  9. Dufresne85

    Intro

    INTRO 
    One of the best things happened lately. I always got my wife's support - but not like this. We sat down a few times recently ,went through some stuff and she is now completely on board! After my new job, with a nice salary increase, it is obvious to both of us that this whole job thing is still...
  10. Dufresne85

    Still not rich? Here's why you aren't, and what to do about it.

    GOLD! EXECUTION NEWSLETTER 
    Just makes me think: "What product (X) can you create that sells with (Xx) profit, Y times per day for Z years?" Or "What products are currently being sold with xx profit, y times per day for z years that you can recreate and improve on certain value skews" Food for thought! Thanks MJ!
  11. Dufresne85

    Your Biggest Lesson from 2023...?

    MINDSET 
    I never wrote down any goals for the year. But last year I did for 2023, now looking back I haven't achieved most of them - This is mainly because of a lack of prioritization and also an inability to focus on one thing at a time. At least now I know what my goals are for 2024. Prioritization...
  12. Dufresne85

    ChatGPT AI is a huge breakthrough, a Google killer

    HOT! CHAT 
    Wow this is crazy - I just created my own business mentor GPT based on various business books and models such as CENTS. Now it can evaluate a business idea I have and give very specific feedback... the weird part is, if I would put this GPT public - people could just download the knowledgebase...
  13. Dufresne85

    What book are you reading? Right now. Post up!

    NOTABLE! HOT! BOOKS CHAT 
    'Your Money or your Life - Vicki Robin'. Apparently this book started the FIRE movement or something? TFL makes more sense, which is what I got from reading this book
  14. Dufresne85

    Intro

    INTRO 
    This new job is great so far - and the money increase is 'nice'. I read the book 'Your Money or your Life' - and it has some similarities to MJ's books. I can recommend it after you have read his books. I like that they explain how to calculate your real hourly wage (basically, include all the...
  15. Dufresne85

    Keep going or quit and move on? Any tips or feedback?

    MINDSET EXECUTION FEEDBACK 
    Sounds to me you haven't really verified your solution and that is why you are scared to go all in. Go talk to your ideal customers, invite them, give them free samples, find out if your solution is actually a solution they would pay for. After that, I'd think about making the decision to quit...
  16. Dufresne85

    YOUR SYSTEM is more important than your EFFORT.

    GOLD! EXECUTION NEWSLETTER 
    Those images you are using to explain concepts are great @MJ DeMarco - thanks! (could be a product of its own?)
  17. Dufresne85

    How to Build a Digital Marketplace?

    IDEA EXECUTION WEB DESIGN 
    Most of these kind of websites start with a simple excel sheet / airtable / google sheets etc and by manually connecting companies to leads. If you notice that your website really is useful, you could automate it and really build something. You can monetize by letting companies (that do...
  18. Dufresne85

    Intro

    INTRO 
    Boom - I have resigned from this job that was really going nowhere. I have accepted a role elsewhere with a 40% increase in salary that will directly go into my projects. Quitting appeared to be a lot easier than I thought, expecting people to be shocked when they weren't ...lmao - what a joke...
  19. Dufresne85

    Local Events Listing Website

    IDEA 
    If I understand correctly, this is what's called a directory website. Your monetization is lead gen. The only question is,... do you know how to generate website traffic and leads for these local events? If you do, prove that first and then they surely would use your website as a lead gen...
  20. Dufresne85

    I have an idea for a software, but i don't know how to program

    INTRO 
    As someone that has spend the last 5 years learning how to code, here's my 2 cents; If your goal is to make a business that launches a specific software for a specific niche, probably not. Then you should focus on building a business, and leave the work of developing to a developer. Find a good...
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